Ryan Kerstein, an NHS surgeon with a track record of supporting innovation, is the new Chief Medical Officer at Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley (HIOTV) from 1 September 2026. Ryan is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and he will continue his clinical practice at the trust while working three days […]
Plans to create a £750m mental health and medical research campus in Oxford have been given the go-ahead by Oxford City Council. In collaboration with the University of Oxford and a local benefactor, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust submitted a planning application last summer to build a brand-new mental health hospital to replace the current 200-year-old Warneford […]
Dr Catherine Lenihan has joined Oxford Academic Health Partners (OAHP) as Transformation Lead for the Oxford Joint Research Office (JRO). Catherine comes on secondment from the MHRA, where she works as Head of Regulatory Strategy and EU. The new role has been created by the OAHP, with support from the NIHR RRDN Strategic Fund, to […]
Sir Andrew Morris OBE has been appointed as the new Chair of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH). The Trust’s Council of Governors, which includes elected representatives of the public and staff, made the appointment on 27 May. Sir Andrew is due to start in post on 1 August. Sir Andrew is currently Deputy […]
Andrea Young has been appointed Chair began on 1 April 2026, following the completion of David Walker’s term at the end of March. Andrea has been a valued non-executive director on the Oxford Health board since 2022 and brings a wealth of experience and leadership to the role of Chair. She began her NHS career […]
A new partnership will unite expertise, infrastructure and data across borders to accelerate diagnosis, treatment and ultimately prevention of major diseases – starting with women’s health, infectious diseases and pandemic preparedness. The partnership, signed by the University of Oxford, Université Paris Cité, the Institut Pasteur, Diamond Light Source and Synchrotron SOLEIL, comes at a time […]
Oxford’s annual Health Research Showcase, which brings researchers from many disciplines together with members of the public, attracted hundreds of half-term visitors to Oxford’s Westgate Centre on 28 May. The event is jointly organised by Oxford’s two NIHR Biomedical Research Centres (BRC), and brings together the broad range of health and care research teams from […]
29 organisations across the Thames Valley have joined a five-year research collaboration to develop and test practical solutions to improve health and care services for communities across the region and beyond. The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC): Thames Valley aims to make health and care better, faster and […]
More than 30 case studies of applied health research illustrate how research partnerships can change policy and enable new forms of healthcare to be adopted across the NHS. The series is published by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley (ARC OxTV) as it closes after six years of applied health and care […]
Leaders from Oxford’s universities and NHS trusts met on 2nd March 2026 to explore how the Oxford Joint Research Office (JRO) can become faster, more effective, and better positioned to support world-leading clinical research. The workshop, hosted by Oxford Academic Health Partners (OAHP) at Wolfson College, brought together around 40 representatives from across the […]